pickThis is sort of a fun adventure story. Low pick
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pickThis is sort of a fun adventure story. Low pick
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Next up . . . Again drawn to the cover. And it was 99p.
pickSuperb storytelling, farcical humour and a vivid sense of place carry this historical / high seas adventure / bildungsroman / romance / heist novel centred on a real 18th-century artifact created in southern India: an automaton in the shape of a tiger eating a man. Serious themes—colonialism, imperialism & racism—give this story of self-reinvention heft. Audiobook read by Shawn K Jain.
A phenomenal book! I was totally captured by Tania James' storytelling. The book is about the adventures of a woodcarver/toymaker along with thoughtful characters like a French clockmaker, an Indian French lady, an Indian sepoy/agent and so on. The characters are so well thought that you can't help but empathize with them. #immigration #Taniajames #Loot #colonization #fiction
pickA quiet but challenging book. Two foreigners - a French linguist and an English painter - arrive on a very small Irish-speaking Irish island in the 1970s, each with their own agenda. The story of the island is interspersed with matter of fact paragraphs of incidents from the Troubles. Asks questions about the impact and demands of foreigners on a small community, and how those butt up against the community‘s own needs and desires.
pickThe Witness Blanket has just arrived at our Library. I‘m somewhat overwhelmed by it and this book helps make sense of some of those feelings.
pickI enjoyed this story about a boy with a talent for woodcarving who soon draws the attention of the ruler of Mysore and along with a Frenchman, helps to carve an automaton tiger. The story is inspired by real events which James reimagines here as readers follow the boy from Mysore to France. I really liked the beginning after which much of the book, with shifting POVs, felt like it was just skimming the surface. Good but I wanted more depth.
Time to start reading my irl book club book since we meet on Monday…
pickThis author is very angry, and I felt chastised! First among various reasons for being a tourist! It should be required reading for anyone vacationing in the Caribbean, where the tourists have plenty and the locals do not. Take for instance, water. Tourists can swim in it, and then bathe in it, and drink as much as they like. But many islands have no water source so the locals have to conserve every last drop. From there, the author delves ⬇️
